headaches getting worse.

[gordon's fishermen]

I have always been prone to migraines as a kid but these luckily went away after time. SJW has been aggravating my headaches and giving me "migraine-like" pain consistently and daily... I just can't stick it out any longer. I'm quitting because I think this stuff is dangerous. My two cents. Thanks anyway for the support.

[opal]

My headache got sooo bad that I couldn't stand it, felt very sick and couldn't eat, I found I was squinting too because my eyes felt so sore. i have never suffered from migraine, so I don't know what they are like, but I have never had a headache like that before. i was taking 3 capsules a day. But the day before yesterday (because of the headache) I missed out my evening capsule. After having a brilliant nights sleep i woke up without a headache and felt a lot better. So decided to only take one in the morning and one at night.

Yesterday afternoon, though, I had another refusal after a job interview, and i felt really down, and thick, if you see what I mean. But the two capsules a day don't seem to make my head hurt. I don't know if that will help, as like you, I have only been taking them for just over a week, and most of that time the headache has just been getting worse. At least I can function now, only time will tell if it has any effect on my depression. Other than that I know what you are going through headache wise. 3 capsules a day, right from day one, does seem to me to be alot for our bodies to handle. But I am a novice, hopefully someone with more experience will be able to help us. I do hope you have a good day soon, and I am thinking of you. Opal x

[lostfan]

I'm considering quitting also. I've been taking them for about 3 weeks - the first week seemed like a miracle and after that they haven't seemed to do anything for me.

I recently came across some audio clips online about how to handle your depression and I think what he said made sense and I honestly think I can turn this around if I follow his suggestion.

He said depression starts because you don't allow yourself to feel all of your feelings - you tell yourself that you're stupid for feeling that way, etc.

So in order to get out of the depression you have to actually feel all of your thoughts and feelings - but you have to do it without pity, shame, judgement, or telling yourself a story about them. You have to just feel them, give yourself permission to fully feel them, then imagine them going through you and you being on top of them (as right now they are on top of you) - and that if you keep doing that you'll get over your depression.

I know that my depression definitely comes from feelings I have that I have not acknowledged or allowed myself to feel - things I want to grieve that I missed in my life but feel like I'd be doing a disservice to others by feeling that way. So I've got to get up the courage to admit them all to myself and move on. I can admit them, but I'm having a harder time admitting them to myself with NO judgement.

I am going to try my darndest to acknowledge ALL of them though because I'm sick of being depressed and I honestly can see myself on the other side of all the things I need to "feel."

Did any of that make sense?